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diff --git a/i18nlangtag/README b/i18nlangtag/README index 88ca43bb965b..edb8dc88d07e 100644 --- a/i18nlangtag/README +++ b/i18nlangtag/README @@ -1,3 +1,67 @@ Code for language tags, LanguageTag wrapper for liblangtag and converter between BCP47 language tags, Locale(Language,Country,Variant) and MS-LangIDs. -Basic functionality used by almost every other module including comphelper, so even don't use that string helpers in this code to not create circular dependencies. Stick with sal! +Basic functionality used by almost every other module including comphelper, so even don't use that string helpers in this code to not create circular dependencies. Stick with sal and rtl! + + + +If Microsoft introduced a new LCID for a locale that we previously defined as LANGUAGE_USER_..., for example LANGUAGE_CATALAN_VALENCIAN that we had as LANGUAGE_USER_CATALAN_VALENCIAN: + +* include/i18nlangtag/lang.h +** add the new LANGUAGE_... value as defined by MS, here LANGUAGE_CATALAN_VALENCIAN +** rename the LANGUAGE_USER_... definition to LANGUAGE_OBSOLETE_USER_..., here LANGUAGE_USER_CATALAN_VALENCIAN to LANGUAGE_OBSOLETE_USER_CATALAN_VALENCIAN +** add a #define LANGUAGE_USER_CATALAN_VALENCIAN LANGUAGE_CATALAN_VALENCIAN +*** so svtools/source/misc/langtab.src (where the defined name is an identifier) and other places using LANGUAGE_USER_CATALAN_VALENCIAN do not need to be changed + +* i18nlangtag/source/isolang/isolang.cxx +** insert a mapping with LANGUAGE_CATALAN_VALENCIAN before (!) the existing LANGUAGE_USER_CATALAN_VALENCIAN +** rename the LANGUAGE_USER_CATALAN_VALENCIAN to LANGUAGE_OBSOLETE_USER_CATALAN_VALENCIAN +*** so converting the tag maps to the new LANGUAGE_CATALAN_VALENCIAN and converting the old LANGUAGE_OBSOLETE_USER_CATALAN_VALENCIAN still maps to the tag. + +* i18nlangtag/source/isolang/mslangid.cxx +** add an entry to MsLangId::getReplacementForObsoleteLanguage() to convert LANGUAGE_OBSOLETE_USER_CATALAN_VALENCIAN to LANGUAGE_CATALAN_VALENCIAN + + + +When changing a (translation's) language tag (for example, 'ca-XV' to 'ca-valencia' or 'sh' to 'sr-Latn'): + +* solenv/inc/langlist.mk +** replace the tag and sort alphabetically + +* in translations/source do git mv old-tag new-tag +** note that translations is a git submodule so https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Submodules applies + +* i18nlangtag/source/isolang/isolang.cxx +** maintain the old tag's mapping entry in aImplIsoLangEntries to be able to read existing documents using that code +** add the new tag's mapping to aImplBcp47CountryEntries or aImplIsoLangScriptEntries +** change mbOverrideExists from false to true in aImplIsoLangScriptEntries + +* i18nlangtag/source/languagetag/languagetag.cxx +** add the new tag's fallback strings to the fallback of the old tag in LanguageTag::getFallbackStrings() + +* i18nlangtag/qa/cppunit/test_languagetag.cxx +** add a unit test for the new tag and old tag + +* instsetoo_native/util/pack.lst +** replace the tag in List_of_languages and sort alphabetically + +* l10ntools/source/ulfconv/msi-encodinglist.txt +** replace the tag and sort alphabetically + +* setup_native/source/packinfo/spellchecker_selection.txt +** replace the tag + +If locale data exists: + +* i18npool/source/localedata/data/*.xml for example i18npool/source/localedata/data/sh_RS.xml +** in the <LC_INFO> element +*** change <LangID> to 'qlt' +*** after the <Country> element add a <Variant> element with the new full BCP 47 tag, for example 'sr-Latn-RS' +**** note that <Variant> has no <VariantID> or <DefaultName> child elements +** if any of the other *.xml files reference the locale in a ref="..." attribute, change those too; note that these references use '_' underscore instead of '-' hyphen just like the file names do +** rename sh_RS.xml to sr_Latn_RS.xml, git mv sh_RS.xml sr_Latn_RS.xml + +* i18npool/source/localedata/localedata.cxx +** in aLibTable change the entry from old "sh_RS" to new "sr_Latn_RS", do not sort the table + +* i18npool/Library_localedata_*.mk for example i18npool/Library_localedata_euro.mk +** change the entry for the changed .xml file, for example CustomTarget/i18npool/localedata/localedata_sh_RS to CustomTarget/i18npool/localedata/localedata_sr_Latn_RS, sort the list alphabetically |